RSVP for the MPA Alumni Picnic

Join students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and their families for some tasty food and great conversation at the annual UNC MPA Alumni Kickoff Picnic. This event is free, and please bring your families, roommates, etc!

When: August 24th, 5-7PM

Where: SOG Knapp-Sanders Building, Dining Room

MPA Student Discusses PWE with Town of Apex

MPA on-campus student Jackson Dille recently blogged about his work in urban planning and his Professional Work Experience with the Town of Apex Budget Office. Find out more on the MPA Student Matters Blog.

New Faculty Publication

MPA Faculty member Dr. Maureen Berner has a new publication out. She was part of the team on "Struggling with the Basics: Food and Housing Insecurity among College Students across Twenty-Two Colleges and Universities" in the Journal of American College Health. You can catch her this fall in PUBA 720-973A, Analysis & Evaluation II.

QPR Online Gatekeeper Training

UNC is offering QPR Online Gatekeeper Training, a suicide prevention training, free of charge to university faculty and staff, including student employees. So, if you are an RA, GA, temp, etc., you would be able to register for free using code UNCCH2240959979. In the “Notes” section, write whether you are a student, faculty, or staff. 

The QPR Gatekeeper Training course covers:

• How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
• How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide 
• The common causes of suicidal behavior    
• The warning signs of suicide  
• How to get help for someone in crisis  

The gatekeeper course is being paid for by a UNC System grant and is completed asychronously online. It takes about an hour, and those who finish the course will receive a certificate upon completion.  

Carolina Hunger Initiative Looking for Student Participation

Calling all college students! Have you used food assistance programs or are you interested in learning more about them? If so, please share your feedback on how this information can best be shared with college students. 

The Carolina Hunger Initiative, based at UNC Chapel Hill, is developing a statewide outreach campaign and website to help college students in North Carolina learn more about federal food assistance programs and whether they may be eligible to participate. We are looking for feedback from students from community colleges, colleges, and universities from across the state to help with developing the outreach campaign, including campaign name, website, logo features, and screening tool to assess potential eligibility. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey by Friday, July 19 if you'd like to share your feedback. Click here to access the survey. 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 

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